I now have many parts to fix my 260Z

[oldhemi]

OK, I guess that I am committed to fixing my 260Z. A guy here in Houston acquired a bunch of parts to restore his '72, but has decided against it and is bailing. I picked up:

Zeddfindings floors and rails - NEW

Gas tank - NOS with factory stickers (and no pipe on drivers side for hose to evap tank)

2 front fenders with no rust on bottoms! But have a few holes where flairs were mounted. One still has a good parking light valance and they both have good headlight buckets.

2 parking light valances

2 New Tabco dogleg panels

splash shield

spindle removal tool - looks to be a very good one

What I left behind - for now at least:

2 very nice fiberglass front fenders

fiberglass front valance with one parking light. Never seen this piece before. Even has lines molded in where the corner valances would have been mounted.

2 recently redone butterscotch 240 seats and all interior parts

passenger early 240 (no vent hole) rear quarter - pretty nice

round top carbs

door or 2 for 240Z - not for me:mad:

a '72 very stripped roller with title - very nice front frame rails!

So, this pile-o-parts will cover MOST of my needs. Now that his wife collected my cash and has seen some space in the garage, I might be able to get the roller for an attractive price. When I left, Dan the seller said, hey man I like selling to you - make me an offer on the roller! He was asking $200 but I feel that I can maybe get it for 1/2, but I would have to rent a trailer to get it home.

What would interest me on the roller are:

4 240Z spring isolators so that I can lower my 260Z a bit using my original 22,000 mile springs that have been sitting in a box for 33 years. My Mulhollands are very hard and lowered the car too much.

Control arms. Both of my rears are very pitted from New Endland salt. The spindle pins are REALLY rusted. My fronts are not real bad. Rollers LOOK to be very nice.

Front inner fender frame rail sections. I need 2 of the frame/crossmember stiffeners for my rotted inner rails. I am wondering if I can remove these stiffeners and sheet metal on the roller and weld them onto mine???

Very nice passenger rear quarter and door that I have no use for. Driver quarter hit.:mad: Door also, but its a 240.

Nice hatch that I dont need, but it has less surface rust then mine.

Dented, but no rust rear valance. Does not have the 1/2 holes on the sides for my 260 bumper mounts. I guess that I could cut out the holes and weld up the 2 small slashes from where the bumper guards hit it. But, the body work and welding might be a bit much for me.

There are some other parts but not much that I dont think have any value to me. I really dont want to ship big stuff, so I dont think that I will have a market for leftovers. I gotta think on this roller some. Any thoughts?

Now I have to wait for cooler weather, its too hot right now for me to work on the car!

Edited July 18, 2010 by oldhemi

[Z train]

No such thing as "too many parts".Go get more....NOW.

[Mikez73]

Nice score. Go back and get the car. What you need is worth more than he's asking. If I had a spare $150 I'd go get the fiberglass fenders.

[oldhemi]

Looks like he raised the prices on some of the parts that I left behind on his new ad!!!

Yeah, one can never have TOO many parts. But I have 3 other old cars, several motorcycles and literally tons of associated extra parts including whole parts cars/trucks/motorcycles. I am running out of room to store them and time to enjoy them! I really need to get rid of at least half of them............. wife would be ecstatic so that she does not have to deal with them when I croak. However, she does support me fixing the Z because she always liked driving it!

Edited July 19, 2010 by oldhemi